MDVACM Squad (Maryland and Virginia)

[NVA-AV6]

WTF Derrik?

[b_beau_09]

talked to the girl, she said she has to check her schedule to make sure she's not working, but she's down, so I'll be going regardless of her working or not.  I'd just have to be back here when she gets off lol.  so put me as a 90% chance I'll be there

[timot_one]

I'm out for this one.  As of now my car is out of commission and I don't plan on taking it on any more road trips.

[Icebox]

Oh shit.....what happened?

[timot_one]

My clutch master cylinder is fucked.  I'm stuck in NC right now because it went out during my drive down to FL.  No dealerships or parts stores are open on Sunday.  I'm stuck here until I can get the part.  My vacation is now officially ruined and as soon as this is fixed, I'm just turning the fuck around and going the fuck home.

[Icebox]

Shitty. What would cause it to fail?

[NVA-AV6]

Sorry man, but if there is a advanced near you they are open Sundays and do carry them or can get them next day for $60, give me a call if you need phone assist on bleeding/install.

[sherker55]

Paul, hope your right on the 10w30...I got it changed today, and when told them 10w30 they looked at me funny and said it's a big jump from 5w20...valvoline full-syn bte.  I do however have faith in your skills!

[sherker55]

My clutch master cylinder is fucked.  I'm stuck in NC right now because it went out during my drive down to FL.  No dealerships or parts stores are open on Sunday.  I'm stuck here until I can get the part.  My vacation is now officially ruined and as soon as this is fixed, I'm just turning the fuck around and going the fuck home.

Any ECM peeps down there that can help you out TIM?

[timot_one]

Sorry man, but if there is a advanced near you they are open Sundays and do carry them or can get them next day for $60, give me a call if you need phone assist on bleeding/install.

Thanks Paul.  I'll give you a quick run down of the situation.  You're already aware of the clutch issues I had because of the damaged pedal.  I spent all my time chasing the spongey feeling clutch problem, which ended with me finding the damage and replacing the pedal.  Since I have had the problem, I replaced the master cylinder last April, I replaced the slave cylinder last May, I replaced the clutch pedal and the OEM hard and soft lines with a SS line from K-Tuned last weekend.  The system was filled with new fluid and bled thoroughly.

When today's problem arrived there was absolutely no fluid leaking from anywhere and everything was bone dry.  I thought I could have made a mistake when bleeding the system and there could have been air in the line.  When bleeding the system again on the side of the road, I noticed that when the clutch pedal was depressed, the fluid level in reservoir was rising.  Logic and a little bit of research tells me that there is a bad seal in the clutch master cylinder.

It always seems that whenever I have a problem with my car, nobody has ever heard of that specific issue and they're stumped on what the fix is.  When I find out what the problem is that's causing the symptom I'm experiencing, I'm told that it was a one in a million shot that it happened to me and they've never see that shit happen before.  Either I am, or my fucking car is cursed.

I found an Auto Zone and Advanced Auto Parts near the hotel I'm staying at (though still far enough away that it would suck to walk).  Hopefully one of them will have the part and I will be able to find a ride or have it delivered.  I appreciate your assistance Paul.  I don't have your phone number though, otherwise I would have probably called you too.  I may have lost it when I was going through phones like crazy.  PM me your number again so I can call you whenever I've stumped the others.

[NVA-AV6]

Sorry man, but if there is a advanced near you they are open Sundays and do carry them or can get them next day for $60, give me a call if you need phone assist on bleeding/install.

Thanks Paul.  I'll give you a quick run down of the situation.  You're already aware of the clutch issues I had because of the damaged pedal.  I spent all my time chasing the spongey feeling clutch problem, which ended with me finding the damage and replacing the pedal.  Since I have had the problem, I replaced the master cylinder last April, I replaced the slave cylinder last May, I replaced the clutch pedal and the OEM hard and soft lines with a SS line from K-Tuned last weekend.  The system was filled with new fluid and bled thoroughly.

When today's problem arrived there was absolutely no fluid leaking from anywhere and everything was bone dry.  I thought I could have made a mistake when bleeding the system and there could have been air in the line.  When bleeding the system again on the side of the road, I noticed that when the clutch pedal was depressed, the fluid level in reservoir was rising.  Logic and a little bit of research tells me that there is a bad seal in the clutch master cylinder.

It always seems that whenever I have a problem with my car, nobody has ever heard of that specific issue and they're stumped on what the fix is.  When I find out what the problem is that's causing the symptom I'm experiencing, I'm told that it was a one in a million shot that it happened to me and they've never see that shit happen before.  Either I am, or my fucking car is cursed.

I found an Auto Zone and Advanced Auto Parts near the hotel I'm staying at (though still far enough away that it would suck to walk).  Hopefully one of them will have the part and I will be able to find a ride or have it delivered.  I appreciate your assistance Paul.  I don't have your phone number though, otherwise I would have probably called you too.  I may have lost it when I was going through phones like crazy.  PM me your number again so I can call you whenever I've stumped the others.

PM'd

[Bobsk24]

I still only have one persons number from
when I lost my phone.....thanks Dave

[b_beau_09]

I PM'd you the squad list bob.

[Bobsk24]

thanks man

[Abailey4]

WTF Derrik?

Yeah I know I havent been around in a while. But until I can get out of this business I gotta make all the $$$$ I can. We barely sell any cars during the week so the only time for me to strike is the weekend. And even some weekends we dont sell shit. I'll see what I can do though.